Just as the two junior disciples were sinking into despair, Tong Qi returned.
And in Tong Qi's hand was none other than the Water-Bi Clear Essence Pill the Heavenly Secret Sect disciples had been unable to find.
The eyes of the two Heavenly Secret Sect disciples lit up at the sight of the medicine box in Tong Qi's hand. They were about to approach and say something when Tong Qi beat them to it.
"Let's get this straight first-you have to pay this pill back!" Tong Qi felt as though a chunk of his flesh had been carved away. To get this one pill from Xia Jue, he had agreed to work for the Enforcement Hall without pay for ten years.
The two junior disciples of the Heavenly Secret Sect immediately established a formation contract. "We absolutely will! With this contract in place, you can rest easy."
Tong Qi pressed his lips together. Despite all his grievances, he quietly swallowed them.
But thinking of his agreement with Xia Jue still made his heart ache.
It was not ten days, nor ten months, but ten years!
At the time, he had even asked Xia Jue, "Aren't you afraid that without him, no one will be able to help us break through the Mountain-Guarding Grand Formation?"
Xia Jue had not answered, merely smiling meaningfully, while Feng Qi had openly looked at him as though he were an idiot.
"Do you think your Senior Brother Xia would bring people here without making thorough preparations?"
Tong Qi was puzzled. "Since we have someone who can do it, why are we only letting the Heavenly Secret Sect disciples break the formation?"
Feng Qi hooked an arm around Tong Qi's neck. "That's what you don't understand. Haven't you noticed that most of the Heavenly Secret Sect